Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> wrote: > Sometimes we don't include documentation not because it is sourceless > (at any rate, what is the source for a .txt file but that file > itself?), but because it is simply non-free. Think about the RFCs: > They are not legally modifiable. and there is _good_ reason for that > (i.e. if you modify/redistribute RFC821, you might trick somebody into > believing that GIVEMEROOTSHELL is a valid SMTP command).
That is a good reason for having verifiably digitally-signed copies of the RFCs, but it is not a good reason for using copyright to forbid a general freedom to modify the RFC documents. Hope that explains -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
